Verse 10

David continued the pursuit with four hundred men, while two hundred stayed behind because they were too exhausted to cross the Besor Valley.

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  • 1 Sam 30:21 : 21 Then David returned to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow him and had stayed behind at the Besor Valley. They came out to meet David and the troops with him, and David greeted them warmly.
  • Judg 8:4-5 : 4 Then Gideon and his three hundred men, exhausted yet pursuing, came to the Jordan and crossed it. 5 He said to the men of Succoth, 'Please give loaves of bread to the people who are following me, for they are exhausted, and I am pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.'
  • 1 Sam 14:20 : 20 Then Saul and all his men assembled and went to the battle, and they found the Philistines in total confusion, striking each other with their swords.
  • 1 Sam 14:31 : 31 That day they struck down the Philistines from Michmash to Aijalon, but the troops were very exhausted.
  • 1 Sam 30:9 : 9 David and the six hundred men with him set out, and they came to the Besor Valley, where some stayed behind.